VMA Board of Directors
Brett Vassey
VMA President & CEO
Richmond
Larry Souverielle
Chairman
Senior Director, General Dynamics, Marion
Sidney Harrison
Vice Chairman
CEO
ITAC
Chester
Ryan Ranalli
Treasurer
Vice President, Operations
McKee Foods Corporation
Stuarts Draft
Julia Jones
Secretary
Vice President, MFG & Facilities, Newport News Shipbuilding
Jamie Baisden
Immediate Past Chairman
President, Wind River Chimes
Manassas Park
Scott Tilley
Chairman Emeritus
General Counsel, STIHL Inc., Virginia Beach
Rob Hogan
Board Advisor
Vice President, Manufacturing
Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News
Magnus Akesson
Board Advisor
Worldwide Head of Industrial Vertical Solutions, Go-To-Market, Amazon Web Services
Scott Bemis
DuPont Spruance Site Leader, Richmond
Dustin Lanier
General Manager,
WestRock, Hopewell Mill
Eldon Brammer
Vice President
Pulp & Paper Mill
Georgia Pacific, Big Island
Dr. Reinhold Brand
Retired
Manufacturers Council, Hopewell
James “Jim” Burnette
President
Alliance Engineering Inc., Newport News
Jane Benito
Site Manager
Evonik Corporation, Hopewell
Cort Reiser
Executive Vice President of Manufacturing
Liebherr Mining Equipment Company,
Newport News
Mauri Winegardner
Vice President,
Universal Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc.
Dana Pittman
Executive Vice President
VIRTEX
Waynesboro
Alan Bradshaw
Vice President – Strategic Partnerships
Power Delivery, Dominion Energy
Richmond
Tony Baker
Senior Director –
Cigar Manufacturing,
Altria, Richmond
Willem Blindenbach
Senior VP of Integrated Supply Chain
AdvanSix, Inc.
Chesterfield
Philip Wekenmann
GM – Global Supply Chain,
Emerson, Charlottesville
Franky Marchand
Logistics Vice President
Volvo Group Trucks Operations in Americas
Roanoke
Andy Glowatsky
Plant Manager,
Church & Dwight
Margaret Shaia
CEO, Acoustical Sheetmetal Co., Virginia Beach
Craig Strong
Director of Operations, GE Power, Roanoke
Josh Phelps
President, Winchester Metals, Winchester
